News From the Field Urbanization, higher temperatures can influence butterfly emergence patterns

April 28, 2014

An international team of researchers has found that a subset of common butterfly species are emerging later than usual in urban areas located in warmer regions, raising questions about how the insects respond to significant increases in temperature.
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SourceNorth Carolina State University

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